VASCO BARATA Lisbon, 1974. Lives and works in Lisbon. BA in Painting by the Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon, with studies in Photography and an MA in Drawing by the same University. In 2006 Vasco Barata was selected for the Visual Arts Course by the Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme organized by Ar.Co and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Presently attending the PhD programme in Contemporary Art, at Colégio das Artes, University of Coimbra. Since the end of the 1990s, Vasco Barata has been presenting his work under different forms, alternating mainly between an exhaustive investigation around the construction and perception of Images (through the practice of Photography, Video and the production of multiple objects) and an attempt to understand the mechanisms of expression implied in the daily practice of Drawing. In his works, he articulates a specific interest by Cinema and the cinematic strategies, by language codification and by a vast range of pop culture referents. SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection) 2021 Sleep Twitch, Fonseca Macedo Gallery, Azores 2019 Dreamers Never Learn (Tidal), curated by Carolina Grau, MAAT, Lisbon 2016 Wild Sea Money,Simógrafo, Oporto Spooky Action At a Distance, Fonseca Macedo Gallery, Ponta Delgada, Azores 2014 Um Peso Fantasma, CAV – Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra (curator: Albano da Silva Pereira) 2013 Les Apaches, Appleton Square, Lisbon Vasco Barata. XXX Shelf Behind the Door, Artists Books’ Weekend, The MewsProject Space, London (curator: Carlos Noronha Feio) 2012 A Ronda da Noite, Old School, Teatro Praga, Lisbon (curator: Susana Pomba) 2011 Matière Noire,Galeria Baginski Projectos, Lisbon Un Secret, Round The Corner – Teatro da Trindade, Lisbon Shades of Gray, Solo Project - Galeria Nuno Centeno, JUSTMAD2, Madrid 2010 Quelque chose qui n’est pas encore endormi,Arte>Contempo, Lisbon The Film series (epilogue), Galeria Alecrim 50, Lisbon. Shades of Gray, Reflexus – Arte Contemporânea, Oporto 2009 Blindness White, O Vitrinario da Boavistaproject, Lisbon 2008 AfterGlow,EmptyCube, Lisbon The Film series (to be continued),Reflexus – Arte Contemporânea, Porto 2007 Wallpapers, <Zoom – Galeria Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (curators: Miguel Amado and Filipa Oliveira) 1999 Behind an Image lies another,FBAUL, Lisbon 1998 Rethink space, FBAUL, Lisbon ARTIST’S BOOKS 2012 Os Nossos Ossos: Ariadne 2009 Hard Coeur: Undisclosed Recipient LINKS http://www.anamnese.pt http://www.emptycube.org/artista5/artista_e.htm http://saladdaysnewart.wordpress.com/category/vasco-barata/ http://projectobythebook.wordpress.com/ http://artecapital.net/recomendacoes.php?ref=261 http://ww1.rtp.pt/icmblogs/rtp/molduras/?Vasco-Barata.rtp&post=19949 http://tiny.posterous.com/opening-vasco-baratashades-of-gray-sabado-as http://aeiou.escape.expresso.pt/cartaz-exposicoes/shades-of-gray:16-817228 http://www.artecapital.net/criticas.php?critica=326